Format Word Documents

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1 Parser Documents Format Word Documents To create a Word document to be imported by the TurningPoint Parser, you must create an outline using the heading styles built into Word. You can apply the heading styles using the drop-down menu in the Formatting toolbar, or in the Styles and Formatting pane available through the Format menu. Each question must use the Heading 1 style. The question is followed by several answers on separate lines using the Heading 2 style. In addition to the question and answer text, you can use optional TurningPoint tags to control other settings. Each TurningPoint tag must use the Heading 3 style. Tags occur at the start of the outline (for tags that apply to the entire presentation) or on the lines immediately following a question or answer (for tags that apply only to a specific question or answer). A tag is formatted in the following way: <tag>value All tags are optional. If omitted, the slide will default to a standard question slide. The tags are described in the following table. Tag Location Description and Allowed Values <c> Start of The number of slides in the outline. presentation. <d> <a> Start of outline or following a question or an answer. Contains the Session ID (if at the start of the outline) or topic ID (if following a question). Contains an alias for a question or answer. TurningPoint User Guide 1/6

2 Parser Documents Tag Location Description and Allowed Values <t> Defines what type of slide to create using a single-letter code. The following types are accepted: <f> <n> question or an answer. Q = standard question slide P = picture slide D = demographic slide S = speed scoring slide F = fill in the blank slide (vpad and Web vpad only) E = essay slide (vpad and Web vpad only) M = moment to moment slide The filename of a picture file. If the tag follows a question, the picture will be added next to the question text on the slide. If the slide type is P and the tag follows an answer, the picture will replace the answer text on the slide. Contains the question picture position. The following are acceptable values: <m> <p> <v> Following an answer. L = Left R = Right F = Full Contains the number of responses allowed per keypad for the slide. Accepted values are Contains the question topic. Contains a value for the answer. Valid answer values are Correct, Incorrect, or a point value negative 10,000 10,000. TurningPoint User Guide 2/6

3 Import Slides TurningPoint can automatically create TurningPoint slides from Microsoft Word files. Using this feature of TurningPoint provides a quick way to create a number of slides, and it is also beneficial if you already have question and answer data in another form that you would like to transform into TurningPoint slides. A simple slide presentation can be created by importing a Microsoft Word document using the TurningPoint Parser. This section describes how to: Import Slides with the TurningPoint Parser Import Slides with the TurningPoint Parser The TurningPoint Parser is located in the Tools menu and allows you to automatically create slides from Microsoft Word files. TurningPoint User Guide 3/6

4 Step by Step Instructions To import slides with the TurningPoint Parser 1 Select Tools from the TurningPoint toolbar. The Tools menu opens. Select Update Parser Template 2 (Optional) Select Update Parser Template. The slides you import will be created with default characteristics that may not match your settings. You can use the Update Parser Slides command to update the imported slides to match your settings. TurningPoint User Guide 4/6

5 3 Select Tools from the TurningPoint toolbar. The Tools menu opens. Select TurningPoint Parser TurningPoint User Guide 5/6

6 4 Select TurningPoint Parser. An open file window appears asking you to select the file to import. Open File Window 5 Navigate to the file you would like to import (.doc) and select it. 6 Select the Open button to continue. A dialog appears asking whether you would like to add the slides to the end of the current presentation or create a new presentation. 7 Select the Yes button to add the slides to the current presentation, or select the No button to create a new presentation. TurningPoint builds the slides from the file. If there are many slides, this may take some time. Next Steps The slides imported by the TurningPoint Parser are normal TurningPoint slides, so you can take advantage of any the TurningPoint customizations you would like to make on them. TurningPoint User Guide 6/6